Korea, Republic of

Act on the Punishment of Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

Chapter 2 Punishment of Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court

Article 13 (War crime using forbidden method)
Any person who commits any act of followings related to international or non- international conflicts shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for no less than 3 years.

1. Any act of intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual civilian not taking direct part in hostilities;
2. Any act of intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected, provided they are not military objectives;
3. Any act of intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated
4. Any act of utilizing the presence of a civilian or other protected person to render certain points, areas or military forces immune from military operations;
5. Any act of intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions;
6. Any act of directing or coercing to kill enemy combatant without exception as a commander of army

Any person who commits crime in subparagraph 1 through 6 of paragraph (1), resulting in death and serious injuries to a person who is protected by international law on humanity shall be punished as followings.
1. Any person who resulted in death shall be under capital punishment or imprisonment for no less than 7 years.

Keywords

National penalties - death sentence



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